Recently added articles from The Gazette (Blackpool) (Blackpool, England):
Gardens firm is set to blossom.
Aug 04, 2008 ... THE future is looking rosy for this Garstang garden business. Armstrongs Garden Machinery's business is blossoming after buying out fellow Wyre company, Pinewood Garden Centre, for an undisclosed sum. The company will continue to run the garden centre operation, while ...
Billionaire sells a slice of empire.
Aug 01, 2008 ... FYLDE billionaire Trevor Hemmings has placed part of his pub empire on the market. The owner of Blackpool Tower has instructed Manchester-based agents Christie & Co to place 15 of his Trust Inns for sale. Trust, which owns more than 580 pubs in England, Wales and ...
Saudi arms deal probe gets lifted.
Jul 31, 2008 ... A POSSIBLE legal threat to a multi-billion pound contract which could safeguard thousands of jobs on the Fylde has finally been lifted. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Gazette, the House of Lords has ruled that a decision to halt an inquiry into a lucrative arms ...
No Ryanair service cuts.
Jul 29, 2008 ... Ryanair'S fear of potential profit losses has not hit its services out of Blackpool International. The Irish carrier runs two popular services out of the resort's airport which have continued to be successful despite mounting oil prices. The budget carrier said that ...
'Hydro-spa' will power new jobs.
Jul 28, 2008 ... MORE than 30 jobs will be created at a Fylde holiday village if plans for a [pounds sterling]3m hydro-spa are approved. Bosses at Ribby Hall Village, near Wrea Green, have submitted plans to extend its Manor House Hotel by a further 10 rooms plus beauty salons, a ...
Nuclear lab will boost coast jobs.
Jul 25, 2008 ... A new nuclear laboratory will be home to hundreds of new jobs on the Fylde. Nexia Solutions has announced that its new research lab will be based at Springfields at Salwick - along with a new reactor at Sellafield in Cumbria. Bosses at the company are keeping ...
Fighters prepare for Saudi take-off.
Jul 24, 2008 ... THE first batch of Eurofighter Typhoons bound for the Middle East has reached the final assembly line at Warton. But BAE Systems bosses are keeping tight-lipped when its first flight over the Fylde will be. It is part of the controversial defence deal signed last year ...
Sponsors in difficulties.
Jul 23, 2008 ... BLACKPOOL FC shirt sponsors Floors-2-Go has gone into administration. The flooring specialist is closing 41 of its 135 outlets after succumbing to torrid trading in the home improvement sector. But bosses today told The Gazette its Vicarage Lane store would continue ...
'You need to get your act together'.
Jul 22, 2008 ... BLACKPOOL is our toughest task. That's according to the new bosses at Pontin's, who say turning around their Squires Gate site is one of the biggest challenges they face. Ocean Parcs, which now owns the leisure resort chain, is celebrating after seeing a 10 per cent ...
Lawyers strengthen team with buy-out.
Jul 21, 2008 ... FLEETWOOD-based legal firm Vincents has expanded its operation after buying out a rival Preston operation. The port company has acquired Jeff Brailsford Rimmer & Co to take its staff numbers up to 68, including 20 specialist lawyers. Senior partner Alan Vincent said: ...
Forklift driver Brian rises to the top.
Jul 18, 2008 ... NEED a lift? This employee from the Fylde's only nuclear site doesn't after reaching the final of one of the UK's more peculiar competitions. Brian Foster, a process operator at the nuclear fuel manufacturing site at Springfields, near Salwick, has won through to the ...
Airline to ground its Belfast service.
Jul 18, 2008 ... LOW-cost airline Jet2.com is to drop its Belfast International flight from Blackpool for the winter. Bosses at Blackpool International say the flights will return next March for the summer season. A dip in passenger numbers for the services and the rise in fuel costs ...
Buy out leads to expansion hopes.
Jul 17, 2008 ... A FYLDE engineering company which has been trading for more than a century has been bought out - and the new owners have revealed ambitious plans to double the size of the firm. T Jolly, which employs more than 180 people out at its various sites across the North ...
Promotions brings pub chain some cheer.
Jul 17, 2008 ... SEASONAL drinks promotions have helped pull in the punters at no-frills pub chain JD Wetherspoon. The company, which has three large venues on the Fylde in Fleetwood, St Annes and South Shore - and one planned for Blackpool town centre next year - reported a 0.4 per cent ...
Landmark store a 'major success'.
Jul 16, 2008 ... SUPERMARKET bosses have hailed a Lytham site as a major success in helping to increase its profits by a third. In the nine months since it opened, Booths on Haven Road has helped catapult profits by 30 per cent to almost [pounds sterling]7m. And with plans to open ...
Hero keeps border tight.
Jul 15, 2008 ... DEFENCE giant BAE Systems' latest unmanned vehicle is helping to keep illegal immigrants out of the UK. Hero - described as a semi autonomous ground vehicle - is a Warton-based project which has been working with the UK Border Agency as they crackdown on the problem. ...
[pounds sterling]1.5m deal will boost bus safety.
Jul 14, 2008 ... POULTON-based camera specialists Look CCTV have signed a lucrative deal with one of the UK's biggest bus companies. The Fylde company has linked up a [pounds sterling]1.5m deal with Stagecoach to supply it with cameras for its new fleet of vehicles. The 12-month ...
House projects escape the axe.
Jul 11, 2008 ... HOUSE builders on the Fylde say they remain committed to current development projects despite a downturn in the housing market. The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has warned that nationally thousands of building jobs could be lost and two of the UK's biggest firms, Taylor Wimpey ...
Firms start up in spite of fears.
Jul 10, 2008 ... WHILE the country is gripped by talk of recession, there are still those prepared to take a punt and set up their own business. Inflation pressures caused by high oil, food and electricity prices means Bank of England policymakers are unlikely to offer relief to homeowners and ...
Toy makers turn east for business.
Jul 09, 2008 ... A BLACKPOOL toy company is to expand its empire into new international markets. Bosses at Casdon, in Marton, have decided to take their products into untouched European and Far East countries after finding growth in the UK limited. An established market in the US and ...